240,360 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.9% since 2020)
810 square miles of land · 297 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
74 active community water systems list Saratoga County in the area they serve, reporting 173,253 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CLIFTON PARK WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · public/private · NY4500175 | 35,000 served |
| SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY surface water · local government · NY4500168 | 26,525 served |
| HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY) buys surface water · local government · NY4519111 | 15,000 served |
| BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LK WD buys surface water · local government · NY4505658 | 10,000 served |
| WATERFORD WATER WORKS (PURCHASE TROY) buys surface water · local government · NY4500173 | 9,800 served |
| WILTON WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY buys surface water · public/private · NY4500186 | 9,490 served |
| MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1 groundwater · local government · NY4511620 | 8,950 served |
| MOREAU WD #2 (QUEENSBURY) buys surface water · local government · NY4500177 | 6,600 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 195 people were held in Saratoga County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 163.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
12 school districts have their office in Saratoga County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $214.5 million — $187.9 million to run schools, about $19,914 per student, plus $14.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $132.7 million local (mostly property tax), $67.2 million state, $11.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $44.9 million.
Spent $145.9 million — $126.4 million to run schools, about $21,055 per student, plus $16.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $94.9 million local (mostly property tax), $39.4 million state, $9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7 million.
Spent $109.6 million — $98.1 million to run schools, about $25,029 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $62.8 million local (mostly property tax), $39 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $39.1 million.
Spent $82.2 million — $69.3 million to run schools, about $22,237 per student, plus $7.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $44.5 million local (mostly property tax), $31.2 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.6 million.
Spent $68.5 million — $60.6 million to run schools, about $21,315 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $34.6 million local (mostly property tax), $32.4 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $90.7 million.
Spent $37.6 million — $34.9 million to run schools, about $25,357 per student, plus $314,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.9 million local (mostly property tax), $20 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.7 million.
Spent $29.6 million — $27.1 million to run schools, about $19,797 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.6 million local (mostly property tax), $15.9 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.5 million.
Spent $35.8 million — $25.8 million to run schools, about $23,507 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $14.9 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 million.
And 4 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Saratoga County about $53 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
226 bridges in Saratoga County: 104 in good condition, 108 fair, and 14 poor (6.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| RTE 4 over HUDSON RIVER & CANAL · built 1909 | 12,161 vehicles a day |
| CR33 over SNOOK KILL · built 1950 | 9,577 vehicles a day |
| RTE 4 over SCHUYLER CREEK · built 1885 | 8,084 vehicles a day |
| RTE 4 over HUDSON RIVER and CANAL · built 1916 | 4,252 vehicles a day |
| SPIER FALLS ROAD over RTE I87 · built 1960 | 2,527 vehicles a day |
| SPIER FALLS ROAD over RTE I87 · built 1960 | 2,527 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $58.1 million of work in Saratoga County in fiscal 2025, about $247 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for New York are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Saratoga County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Saratoga County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Schenectady County (22 mi) · Washington County (25 mi) · Fulton County (29 mi) · Warren County (31 mi) · Rensselaer County (32 mi) · Montgomery County (32 mi).